Sustainability in business is defined as operating an enterprise which has minimal negative impact on the global or local environment, community, society, or economy. Quite often, the “Sustainability” umbrella encompasses Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), which refers to a company’s commitment to be good stewards of the environmental and social landscape in which they operate. CSR…
Category: Shippers
How to get spot freight coverage in tight markets
In the past few months, logistics teams have faced soaring tender rejection rates. In May, the FreightWaves Outbound Tender Reject Index was at near-zero levels. As of this week, it’s over 23%. With this volume of contract freight getting rejected, many logistics teams are in need of reliable spot freight coverage.
Convoy rolls out sharable GPS freight tracking links for shippers
Today we’re excited to announce the availability of shareable GPS freight tracking links in the Convoy shipper platform. By simply copying and pasting a tracking URL, shippers can now extend Convoy’s real-time GPS visibility and shipment status data to their entire supply chain network.
Convoy adds five new TMS partners, making it the most widely available dynamic pricing capability for shippers nationwide
Instant backup and spot rates with 100% guaranteed coverage provide a safety net for logistics teams facing record-high tender rejection Seattle, WA — August 20, 2020 — Convoy, the nation’s most efficient digital freight network, today announced five new partnerships with transportation management system (TMS) providers. The partnerships with Blue Yonder (previously JDA), FreightPOP, Recon…
Truck Drivers To The Rescue: Equipping Truck Drivers To Report Trafficking
Human trafficking — where people are bought and sold for forced labor or commercial sex — happens in every state across America with the number of victims estimated to be in the hundreds of thousands. One of the most frequent locations where the FBI were finding women and children being coerced into prostitution was at…
The Open Road Hits High Speed
Freight Update Video | August 2020 The disconnect between Wall Street and Main Street has spread to the open road. As the economy sunk into a deep recession in April and May, stock markets rallied fueling the perception of a chasm between the financial sector and what many people were experiencing in their daily lives…
Instant Freight Rates: Hot Lanes, Cool Savings 8/10/2020
Shippers – It’s the start of the week and you are back at your desk looking at what orders need to move, where they need to go and when. You have hot loads, carrier falloffs, and run-of-the-mill business. Convoy is here to help get your shipments moving on time and at-cost.
Triple Bottom Line: People, Planet, and Profit
At some point in every company’s evolution — whether it be at the inception or farther down the line — the sustainability conversation will arise. Incorporating sustainable business practices might be driven by internal proponents; as a result of the need to keep up with the competition; or, quite often, by consumer demand. Recent data…
Is your spot freight quote competitive? Convoy’s freight quote calculator will tell you.
In a recent poll, 50% of shippers indicated they price-compare on every single load, while the other half indicated they price-compare on the majority of loads. Whether you are looking to book with Convoy, or a different carrier in your network, businesses can leverage the Convoy freight quote calculator to quickly compare the rates they…
Shippers Cautiously Optimistic, Rapidly Adapting to Economic Realities
Enormous uncertainties continue to loom over the horizon for the remainder of 2020, but broad sectors of the economy are already laying their plans. Despite the difficult economic climate, sustainability remains a priority — in some cases, increasingly so. In early July, we surveyed 139 shippers in Convoy’s network about their expectations for their businesses…
Innovating supply chain for greater social impact
When COVID-19 hit the United States, optimizing the supply chain for many industries became increasingly more important — particularly as it relates to food and other necessary consumables. The dairy industry, for instance, was suddenly faced with a huge shift in business as restaurants shut down, schools were closed, and consumers were dining at home.…
Instant Freight Rates: Hot Lanes, Cool Savings 7/27/2020
Shippers – It’s the start of the week and you are back at your desk looking at what orders need to move, where they need to go and when. You have hot loads, carrier falloffs, and run-of-the-mill business. Convoy is here to help get your shipments moving on time and at-cost.
Investing in Supplier Diversity
In order for sustainability to become more mainstream, we need to look at much more than a company’s green initiatives. Sustainably responsible organizations must lead the cultivation of a more inclusive, equitable world, which means adding diversity into the sustainability equation. Sustainability teams at corporations therefore have to work toward making strides in bridging gaps,…
Is this online freight quote for real? Three questions to ask before you book.
Many carriers and brokers now offer instant rates, but are these prices always what they seem? While online quotes often surface attractive prices, at the end of the day there can be a big difference between the quote and the invoice. Here are three questions you should ask yourself when getting an instant freight quote…
Automating freight procurement with machine learning
This is the second post in our Supply Chain AI series. For an introduction to AI and how ML can automate freight logistics, read our first blog: How machine learning can help move your freight. Chocolate and peanut butter. Lennon and McCartney. Machine learning and freight. A few things in this world were destined to…
How to use the Convoy shipper platform
In this training session, a Convoy expert will teach you everything you need to know about quoting, booking, and tracking shipments with the Convoy shipper platform. Plus! Learn how Convoy’s digital freight network and team of operations specialists work behind the scenes to get your shipment delivered on-time and at-cost. There are currently no upcoming…
The Supply Chain Visibility Software Toolbox
We’ve come a long way in the world of supply chain visibility. In the span of a generation, phone calls and emails have been eclipsed by a variety of tools promising to unlock supply chain visibility. A shipper’s toolbox could never be more full of potential solutions, all promising to increase logistics transparency. Visibility within…
Instant Freight Rates: Hot Lanes, Cool Savings 7/20/2020
Shippers – It’s the start of the week and you are back at your desk looking at what orders need to move, where they need to go and when. You have hot loads, carrier falloffs, and run-of-the-mill business. Convoy is here to help get your shipments moving on time and at-cost.
How machine learning can help move your freight
You’ve probably seen a headline or two about the use of AI in supply chain management, or how artificial intelligence and machine learning are revolutionizing supply chain operations. Despite the ink in the media, it’s surprisingly difficult to track down a plainspoken description of what machine learning is, how it works, and why it’s so…
Instant Freight Rates: Hot Lanes, Cool Savings 7/13/2020
Shippers – It’s the start of the week and you are back at your desk looking at what orders need to move, where they need to go and when. You have hot loads, carrier falloffs, and run-of-the-mill business. Convoy is here to help get your shipments moving on time and at-cost.